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New York Times, Wednesday, December 20, 1961

44-Across : What "Mac" means.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
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© 1961, The New York TimesNo. 4,541
Across
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Season of joy. : JUBILEE
8
Zanzibar native. : SWAHILI
15
Mythical animal. : UNICORN
16
Apollo's twin. : ARTEMIS
17
Swedish parliament. : RIKSDAG
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Cotton and wool cloth. : DELAINE
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Devoured. : ATE
20
Jacob's brother. : ESAU
22
Condiment manufacturer. : SALTER
23
Elizabethan poet. : LYLY
25
Plumed birds. : EGRETS
27
Military edifice. : ARSENAL
29
Equal: Fr. : EGAL
33
Dog in Sputnik II. : LAIKA
36
Trilby's mesmerizer. : SVENGALI
38
Arouses. : EXCITES
41
Descendant of 20 Across. : EDOMITE
42
Pope circa 90 A. D. : CLEMENTI
44
What "Mac" means. : SONOF
45
Greek goddess. : HERA
46
Panel members. : JURYMEN
49
Rainier's land. : MONACO
50
Finishing line. : TAPE
54
Michener novel. : HAWAII
58
Plod or toil. : SLOG
60
Federal aviation group. : FAA
61
Kentucky city. : ASHLAND
63
Charms. : ENAMORS
65
Moved, as a train. : STEAMED
66
Leafstalk. : PETIOLE
67
Outing of a sort. : HAYRIDE
68
Negotiated. : TREATED
Down
1
Pertaining to law. : JURAL
2
Harmony. : UNITY
3
He sang in "The Sound of Music." : BIKEL
4
Noun suffix. : ICS
5
Ore deposit. : LODE
6
Expunges. : ERASES
7
Pledge in marriage. : ENGAGE
8
Deplorable. : SAD
9
Performed, as on a type of TV show. : WRESTLED
10
Book of maps. : ATLAS
11
Remedy. : HEAL
12
Not genuine: Abbr. : IMIT
13
Border. : LINE
14
Czech river. : ISER
21
Vases. : URNS
24
Washington city. : YAKIMA
26
Roof part. : EAVE
28
Class. : RATE
29
Beethoven overture. : EGMONT
30
Profit. : GAIN
31
___ saxophone. : ALTO
32
Just as ___ (just as gladly). : LIEF
33
River into the Danube. : LECH
34
Car part. : AXLE
35
Froster. : ICER
37
Proboscis. : NOSE
39
Prohibited. : ENJOINED
40
Stupefy. : STUN
43
Cleo's handmaiden. : IRAS
47
Named, old style. : YCLEPT
48
Dreamer. : MOONER
49
Resort city. : MIAMI
51
In progress. : AFOOT
52
Speak: Fr. : PARLE
53
Relaxed. : EASED
54
Diner fare. : HASH
55
TV dog. : ASTA
56
Miss Muffet's treat. : WHEY
57
Winged. : ALAR
59
Portal. : GATE
62
Gettysburg initials. : DDE
64
Italian pronoun. : MIA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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